Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| Adh COuHIy ulSu SCuOOi pTOpOSltiOu W do
defeated by the voters of Shawnee County,
FRANK DOLPH shot and killed his brother
| in-law, Charles A. Jones, at Olathe the
other night. Jones had been drinking and
maltreating his wife, who was Dolph's SIS
ter. Dolph is about twentythree years
old. He at once gave himself up to the
sheriff. Dolph was subsequently released.
| The county of Shawnee defeated the
proposition to issue bonds to build a new
court house at Topeka
JUST as Mr.. and Mrs. II. K. Rowley
allghted from the train ut Topeka the
! other night from their return East they
| found their barn in flames. The barn was
damaged to the extent Of $500. Two valua-
BILE horses and carriage and harness were
in the barn. but were saved.
On the 10th pensions were granted the
following Kansans: The minor child OF
Mitchell W. Hogue, Of Wyandotte; the
minor children of Milton G.. Richardson. of
Busby; Aaron Lillson, of Lawrence;
Ebenezer n. o. Clough, of Leavenworth ;
David C. Gladwill, of Fall River; William
II. Roblyer, (deceasedJ, of Emporia; James
2. Tindie, of Wathena; Henry II. Andrews,
of Severance; John A. McGinnis, of Claim
Hiram NJ. Crammer Of Conway Springs
Joseph G. Creech, of Delhi; Simon j. NJ.
Missler, of Ellenwood; Otto Hahn, of
Swede Creek; Nathan j. Ely, of Ness City
Anton Ohenesorg, of Wichita; John Dun
lap, of FL Dorado; john McCurry, of Of
tawa, and Elisha Webster, of Holton.
| r. H. CHIsM has been appointed post
master at Dernol, J. w. Smith at Myers
Valley and Carl Krelser at Olmutz.
In a late decision the Supreme Court held
that mortgage lien on homestead can
| = ho ,fnI with tho =
| of the wife. The husband, alone, by his
contract, can not change the character, or
priority of mortgage lien on the home
stead, neither can he alone restore it after
loss, or recreate it without the consent Of
the wife, in the exact manner prescribed
by law. 1t is not within the equitable
power of courts in this State to declare
| any Indebtedness Il lien on homestead.
| Tie constitution Of the State prescribes
| the manner Of their creation, and this must
be strictly followed.
Two women, each claiming to be the
widow of William Wilson, deceased, have
| filed suit in the United States court at
Topeka claiming his property, valued at
| $50, 600 One woman claims that he con-
| vertcd his property into money in Wales,
! in 1872, and deserving her subsequently
| come to the United States and married
again.
AN intoxicated hack driver recently at
tempted to dash his vehicle, in which were
| four drunken coal miners, through house
| in the suburbs of Leavenworth by driving
! furlouslv against it. The result was that
| the driver, William Cranston, had an arm
| and leg broken. Two Of the miners had
their skulls fractured and the other two
were badly cut. One horse was killed and
the hack "a total wreck. The two men with
broken heads could not recover
TIE City Council of Wichita has passed
an ordinance imposing license of $500 on
each Chinese laundry, the object beng to
drive them out of the city. A wealth Chi
naman said he would test the law on the
question. There are seventy Cinnamon in
the city.
THE safe in Healey's store at Morganville
was blown open the other night and about
81 900 III money and valuables stolen. A
large hole was also drilled through the
back of the safe in the Swede Roller Mill
Company's office and small amount Of
money secured.
THE State Teachers Association will be
held iii Topeka, December ~ to 20. There
will be four sections; j. E. Klock, Of En-
poria, will have charge Of the common and
graded school section; Z. NJ. Light, Of
Chanute, viii direct the normal and high
school section; Doctor James Marvin, of
Lawrence, will be in charge of the college
section. and Superintendent j. Fl. Law
head, OF Topeka, will have charge of the
county superintendent section. Arrange
ments have been made with all the rail-
roads for one and One-third fare for the
round trip. Reduced hotel rates are as
Sured. Teachers who desire to secure
rooms in advance should correspond with
II. G. Larimer, chairman Of the committee
on entertainment, Topeka.
The next session of the National
Farmers Congress will be held at Topeka.
This assemblage is composed of delegates
from the Central and Western States, and
there were about 500 delegates present at
the late session in Chicago
ACCORDING to a Topeka paper two men
were engaged in playful discussion in
that city the other day when one of them
in bantering manner pulled from his
pocket a spring handled knife, and, with
the remark, Il will cut your heart out"
thrust at his companion, striking him IN the
left breast immediately over the heart,
cutting deep cash, but not sufficiently
deep to strike the vital part. The ''joLers''
thought their names would not look well III
AT noon the other day a murderous tramp
appeared at the residence Of Mrs. Allen, Il
resident of WALDORF, Graham County, and
after talking to her IA few minutes, shot her
three times IN the head and once IN the
hand with revolver. Mrs. Allen was able
to give "a fair description of the villain, and
a large party went in pursuit.
JOE TANsEY and Hugh McManus afforded
N
sports by recently engaging in prize fight
near Rosedale for 500 d side and 4 purse Of
$500 Tansey was knocked out in the sixth
round.
The other day DR.. Gardiner, one of En-
portals most eminent physicians, was
Erutallv assaulted by a man named John
Smith. When the doctor was coming from
his office Smith slipped behind him and
struck him on the head, knocking him
down. He then proceeded to kick the doc
tor in the face, making several serious
wounds. He then escaped. No cause
could be ascertalned for the assault except
the supposltion that Smith must be crazy.
AN officer found girl at the Santa Fe
depot at Topeka the other evening, who
was in "A pitiable condition. She had no
money aud was very thinly clad. On qucs-
tioning her it was found that she was
weak-minded, and could give no satisfac-
tory account OF herself.
LEE MosIER was hanged at Wichita on
the 18th. He was only twenty-one years
old and was convicted at the last term of
the United States District Court Of the
murder Of Hugh LAWYER in the Indian Ter
ritory.
JAIL-BREAKING is in vogue.
Two letters were recently received at the
Insurance Department relating to the
Farmers Mutual Livestock Association. of
Austin. MINI. Superintendent Wilder re-
piled that company doing business in this